Knauf is a family-owned construction materials producer operating 300 manufacturing sites across 90 countries, serving interior design, insulation, and facade systems. The tech stack reflects a heavy operational footprint: SAP dominates (S/4HANA, Transportation Management, Controlling, MM, EWM), paired with Siemens and Rockwell industrial automation (PLCs, SCADA, PROFINET). Active migration from SAP ECC to S/4HANA and adoption of SAP SuccessFactors signals infrastructure modernization. Hiring velocity is decelerating but concentrated in engineering, logistics, and manufacturing—mirroring stated pain points around global process standardization, supply chain compliance, and post-acquisition integration.
Tech Stack 53 technologies
What Knauf Is Building
◆Challenges
- Standardizing global transportation processes
- Standardizing logistics processes
- Cost efficiency
- Identifying acquisition targets
- Reducing co₂ emissions
- Lack of performance transparency
- Integrating acquired companies
- Realizing synergies
- Sustainability compliance
- Supply chain compliance
▲Active Projects
- International plant projects
- Fit-to-standard process standardization
- Capex projects
- Ci assessments at production sites
- New factory project planning
- Integration of acquired companies
- Due diligence activities
- M&a transaction support
- Financial modeling for acquisitions
- New construction projects
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Supply Chain Director
